domingo, 26 de marzo de 2017

- Every Tuesday Homework is send home. Homework should be back to school
on Thursday. Please don’t forget to send
the folder and notebook back

-Please make sure your child is ONLY
bringing toys of topics required by the teacher. We have been receiving
children with toys that do not belong to any of the studies we are having.

-This coming Friday, March 31st is Parent- Teacher
Conference. The conferences will be on a need-basis only. You will be receiving
a note in which it will specify if there is a conference needed or not. In case
is needed, you will receive the hour of the appointment. Conferences will be
held from 8:00am to 12:00m.

No School for students on Friday, March 31st.

Easter Celebration is just around the corner. We will celebrate Easter
on Friday, April 7th at Valentina’s House. Her house is located at
El Hatillo. We need your support for this day with 12 plastic eggs and Lps.
100.00 which will include the transportation to and from Valentina’s house to
school, the candies for the plastic eggs, the Easter basket and a piñata. You
can join us on this day. We will be leaving school at 8:15am and coming back to
school at 11:15am.

This week we will continue learning about our abc. We will be working on
recognizing the letters with their sound, letter formation, vocabulary of the
letter, remember always emphasizing on the short vowel sounds. This week we
will be studying about the letter Uu. The vocabulary words for this letter are: under, umbrella,
up, upset, upside down, underwear, udder, uncle, umpire

Children assigned should take at
least five (5) items that they have at home that begin with this letter.
Items should be at school on Tuesday and we will send them back on Friday. For
this week we have Piper (Prek”A”) and Mia
(Prek”B”).

Thank you for your support!!

The following link you will find a PowerPoint presentation with the
vocabulary, in case you would like to review at home with your child.

Some of the stories we will be reading this week are:Ten Apples Up on Top, by Dr. Seuss, This
delightful book forms part of the second stage in HarperCollins’ major Dr.
Seuss rebrand programme. With the relaunch of 10 more titles in August 2003,
such all-time favourites as How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Mr. Brown Can Moo!
Can You? and Dr. Seuss’ Sleep Book boast bright new covers that incorporate
much needed guidance on reading levels: Blue Back Books are for parents to
share with young children, Green Back Books are for budding readers to tackle
on their own, and Yellow Back Books are for older, more fluent readers to
enjoy. Ten Apples Up On Top belongs to the Green Back Book range.

In math, will continue working with numbers. We will work with numbers 0-14 on how to represent and
idenify using tally marks, ten frames, number formation, and name of the
number, one-to-one correspondence, and sequencing. We will also be working with
Measurement. Children will be able
to measure objects using measurement references.

We are attaching you the link of the videos of this song we will be
learning throughout the week. We will learn two versions of this nursery rhyme.
Just a little tip to have fun at home listening and acting out our song.

In Social
Studies we will continue the unit about Ocean
Animals. We are going to learning and discussing Ocean life and animals
that live in the Ocean. The different between Ocean animals and no Ocean
Animals. Some of the vocabulary words we will be focusing are: octopus, fish,
seahorse, whale, seaturtle, shark, starfish, jellyfish, crab, dolphin, shrimp,
shell. If you have any books or posters, ideas or any other material
that you would like to share with us it would be greatly appreciated.

The following link you will find a PowerPoint presentation with the
vocabulary, in case you would like to review at home with your child.

domingo, 19 de marzo de 2017

- Every Tuesday Homework is send home. Homework should be back to school
on Thursday. Please don’t forget to send the folder and notebook back

-Please make sure your child is ONLY
bringing toys of topics required by the teacher. We have been receiving
children with toys that do not belong to any of the studies we are having.

This week we will continue learning about our abc. We will be working on
recognizing the letters with their sound, letter formation, vocabulary of the
letter, remember always emphasizing on the short vowel sounds. This week we
will be studying about the letter Tt. The vocabulary words for this letter are: tiger, triangle,
tape, tent, turtle, train, tub, truck, toys, top, ten, tie.

Children assigned should take at
least five (5) items that they have at home that begin with this letter.
Items should be at school on Tuesday and we will send them back on Friday. For
this week we have Pilar (Prek”A”) and Korbin
(Prek”B”).

Thank you for your support!!

The following link you will find a PowerPoint presentation with the
vocabulary, in case you would like to review at home with your child.

We would like to ask if you have tents. Please send them over before Friday, March 24th, we are
planning to make an amazing experience!!

Some of the stories we will be reading this week are:

The Tiger Who Came to Tea
by Judith Kerr, Judith Kerr's reassuring and funny story with just a hint of anarchy has
been delighting children since its first publication thirty-five years ago.
This modern classic has gone on to sell over three million copies worldwide,
making it one of the most popular picture books for children ever written.

In math, will continue working with numbers. We will work with numbers 0-13 on how to represent and identify
using tally marks, ten frames, number formation, and name of the number,
one-to-one correspondence, and sequencing. We will also be working with Graphing. Children will be able to
represent an amount of objects on a graph.

Our Nursery Rhyme this week is: “I’m
a Little Teapot”

We are attaching you the link of the videos of this song we will be
learning throughout the week. We will learn two versions of this nursery rhyme.
Just a little tip to have fun at home listening and acting out our song.

In Social Studies we will continue the unit about Farm Animals. We are going to learning and discussing Farm life and
animals that live in the farm. The different between farm animals and no Farm
Animals. Some of the vocabulary words we will be focusing are: cow, horse, pig,
duck, sheep, rooster, dog, cat, goat, rabbit, donkey, tractor, turkey.
If you have any books or posters, ideas or any other material that you would
like to share with us it would be greatly appreciated.

The following link you will find a PowerPoint presentation with the
vocabulary, in case you would like to review at home with your child.

FUN RUN & WALK - The DPTO will be hosting its annual Fun Run &
Walk at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Discovery School. Pledge forms
will be sent home this week. Parents and students should fill them out, collect
the money, and turn it in during the inscription on the day of the event. This
is a fun and exciting activity for the whole family! Join us for a delicious
pancake & fruit breakfast after the run/walk!

domingo, 12 de marzo de 2017

I hope everyone had an awesome weekend. This week is going to be a busy
one for our class.

Mark your calendars, next Thursday March 16th, we will be celebrating
Father's Day and our annual Art Exhibition. Everyone will enjoy the Musical
Review the Early Childhood students are preparing for you. After the show Dad's
and Mom’s will share breakfast with their child in the classroom.

The outfit for Father’s Day Show is 70’s outfit. Hippie style.

Please do not buy anything use what you have at home, and try to recreate a 80's look
inspired on the pictures below.

Save the Dates:

Thursday, March 16th
Fathers' Day breakfast and Art Exhibit at school

Friday March 17th
No School Spring Break

Reminders:

- Every Tuesday Homework is send home. Homework should be back to school
on Thursday. Please don’t forget to send
the folder and notebook back

-Please make sure your child is ONLY
bringing toys of topics required by the teacher. We have been receiving
children with toys that do not belong to any of the studies we are having.

This week we will continue learning about our abc. We will be working on
recognizing the letters with their sound, letter formation, vocabulary of the
letter, remember always emphasizing on the short vowel sounds. This week we
will be studying about the letter Ss. The vocabulary words for this letter are: scissors, snail,
six, spider, snacke, socks, sun, submarine, seahorse, sandals, sandwich, seal

Children assigned should take at
least five (5) items that they have at home that begin with this letter.
Items should be at school on Tuesday and we will send them back on Friday. For
this week we have Mizuki (Prek”A”) and Joshua
(Prek”B”).

Thank you for your support!!

We are attaching links of some of Letter
S videos if you would like to listen and sing at home with your kid:

Next week we will be studying about the letter T, we would like to ask
if you have tents. Please send them over, we are planning to make an amazing
experience!!

Some of the stories we will be reading this week are:

Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs, Snow White's stepmother, the queen, is jealous of the girl's beauty and
sends her way to the forest, where she is found by the seven dwarfs. Finally,
the wicked queen puts the girl into an everlasting sleep. But Snow White is
awakened by a kiss from a handsome prince and lives happily ever after.

In math, will continue working with numbers. We will work with numbers 0-13 on how to represent and
idenify using tally marks, ten frames, number formation, and name of the
number, one-to-one correspondence, and sequencing. We will also be working with
Graphing. Children will be able to represent
an amount of objects on a graph.

Our Nursery Rhyme this week is: “B-I-N-G-O”

We are attaching you the link of the videos of this song we will be
learning throughout the week. We will learn two versions of this nursery rhyme.
Just a little tip to have fun at home listening and acting out our song.

In Social
Studies we will continue the unit about Farm
Animals. We are going to learning and discussing Farm life and animals that
live in the farm. The different between farm animals and no Farm Animals. Some
of the vocabulary words we will be focusing are: cow, horse, pig, duck, sheep, rooster, dog,
cat, goat, rabbit, donkey, tractor, turkey. If you have any books or
posters, ideas or any other material that you would like to share with us it
would be greatly appreciated.

The following link you will find a PowerPoint presentation with the
vocabulary, in case you would like to review at home with your child.

FUN RUN &
WALK - The DPTO will be hosting its annual Fun Run & Walk at 8:30 a.m. on
Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Discovery School. Pledge forms will be sent home
this week. Parents and students should fill them out, collect the money, and
turn it in during the inscription on the day of the event. This is a fun and
exciting activity for the whole family! Join us for a delicious pancake &
fruit breakfast after the run/walk!

domingo, 5 de marzo de 2017

This week is evaluation week all the concepts we’ve learned this 3rd
quarter. Which are letters M-R (name, identify, write, sound of the letter and
at least 5 vocab words of each letter), numbers 0-12 (name, identify, write,
sequence, make set), writing their names.

The following link you will find a PowerPoint presentation with the
vocabulary, in case you would like to review at home with your child.

Thank you for your support on Dr. Seuss’ birthday celebration. Children
had a great time.

This week we will also be working with Dr. Seuss’ activities and getting
to know more of his books.

We have talked to the students that we have started the hot season in
Honduras. Please provide your child with
a water bottle every day. Have them wear light clothes; they can bring a hat to
protect from the sun, put sunscreen on their face and arms.

In Honduras we celebrate Father's Day on March 19th. We would like to
invite all of our DADDIES to save the
date for Thursday, March 16th at 8:00 a.m. We are planning on
having something nice prepared for you. We hope you can come and spend some
time with your child at school.

Mommies you are also invited to join us this day, Thursday, March 16th,
because we will be having an EARLY CHILDHOOD ART EXHIBIT. We will have an
exhibit of some art projects your kids have done during the year.